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Edward Quinn, Saugus, Mass, assignor to United Shoe Machinery Corporation, Flemington, N. J., a corporation of New Jersey Ori inal application November 9, 1951, Serial No. 2 55,673, now Patent No.- 2,740,138, dated April 3, 1956. Divided and this application January 17, 1955, Serial No. 482,224

15 Claims. (Cl. 118-421) This invention relates tomachines for inserting heel stiffeners or counters into shoe uppers and is a division of United States Letters Patent No. 2,740,138, granted April 3, 1956, on an application filed in my name. I

In general, it is the object of the present invention to provide an improvedmachine for assembling heel stitteners or counters with shoe uppers. Machines for inserting counters into lined uppers are disclosed in United States Letters Patent No. 2,242,251, granted May 20, 1941, on an application filed in the name of John T. Lancaster, and in United States Letters Patent No. 2,318,632, granted May 11, 1943, on an application filed in my name. Machines of this type are provided with mechanism for supporting a lined shoe upper by means engaging its back line portion and with means for inserting a counter into the supported upper. In accordance with the usual shoemaking practice the counter is coated with an adhesive before it is inserted into the upper. This adhesive ultimately attaches the upper, the counter, and the lining together to form a relatively rigid heel end assembly. Heretofore it has been the practice to perform the operation ofcoating the counter with adhesive in a machine such, for example, as the machine illustrated in United States Letters Patent No. 1,611,243, granted December 21, 1926, on an application filed in the names of Sawyer et al. In the operation of the counter coating machine a large number of counters are deposited on a grid positioned above a bath of liquid adhesive whereupon the grid is depressed to cause the counters to be immersed in the adhesive and then elevated to permit the counters to drain. It will be understood that the condition of the adhesive at the time a given counter is inserted into a'shoe upper will vary greatly depending upon the length of time the counter remains in draining position awaiting the assembling operation. It is desirable that the adhesive on the counter be in a fluid and non-tacky condition when the counter is inserted into the upper so that the relative position of the counter and the upper may be readily altered in the course of the upper shaping operations. Ordinarily the first counters that are taken from the grid of the counter coating machine have their adhesive coating in the desired fluid and non-tacky condition but the last of a given batch of counters to be taken from the grid have usually been exposed to the air long enough for the coating to have lost its fluid condition and become quite tacky. Handling of these counters in the assembling and upper shaping operations is much more diflicult than the handling of the first counters taken from the grid, and the adhesion of the last counters taken from the grid is usually less satisfactory.

It is an object of the present invention to provide in a machine of the type disclosed in my patent above referred to means for applying a coating of adhesive to only one counter, supporting that counter during a measured draining period and at the expiration of that period, while the coating is in a fluid and non-tacky condition, inserting the counter into a supported upper. In the oper- United States Patent ation of a machine having such counter coating means the operator is not required to touch the counter after it has been coated with adhesive, and consequently, his fin: gers will not pick up adhesive from the counter and transmit it to the outer surface of the upper in the handling of the shoe.

The machine disclosed in the parent Patent No. 2,740,-

. 138, above referred to, is provided with a first carrier constructed and arranged to receive a shoe part herein illustrated as a heel stiflfener or counterj a vessel which,

in the usual operation of the machine,is filled with fluid adhesive for ElPPliCEllZlOIl to a counter on thefirst carrier, and a second carrier which receives from the first carrier a counter treated with adhesive and advances the counter into a shoe/upper in the machine. l

In its appiication to the organization of the counter immersing mechanism the present invention contemplates the provision with the first counter carrier and a vessel containing fluid to be applied to the counter of means for,

actuating the counter immersing and transferring mechanism comprising a cam shaft having mounted thereon a first cam for elevating thevessel thereby to effect the immersion of a counter on the carrier and a second cam for actuating the carrier to effect the counter transferring operation. Starting and stopping mechanism is interposed between a source of power andthe cam shaft for initiating the successive operations of the two cams and for arresting the rotation of the shaft after the completion of the operation of the first cam and before starting the operation of the second cam. The interval between the completion of the operation of the first cam. and the be,- ginning of the operation of the second cam is of sufiicient duration to permit excess fluid to drain from thecounter into the vessel before the transfer of the counter to the second station. The illustrated carrier for transferring the counter from the first station to the second station includes a supporting member characterized -by means constructed and arranged to engage the wings of a molded counter thereby to orient the counter relatively to the carrier. For gripping the counter against the supporting member there is provided a spring actuated gripper which is normally eflective to prevent disengagement of a counter from the carrier while permitting free movement of the counter onto the carrier. In order to permit removal of the counter from the carrier the gripper is disengaged from the counter by relative movement of the gripper and a member herein illustrated as a stop on the second counter carrier. 1

Machines of the type above referred to are particularly effective in the insertion into shoe uppers of heel stitfeners or counters which have been molded to a shape corresponding, at least generally,

heel end portion of a shoe last. Such counters are usually made bilaterally symmetrical and, consequently,

may be incorporated in either right or left shoes. Since the heel end portion of the last is never bilaterally symmetrical an angular adjustment of the counter is required to provide the most desirable disposition of the counter on the last. In order to achieve this result the present invention in provision in a machine of the type above referred to of means for determining the angular disposition of a molded counter on a counter carrier so that the counter will assume thedesired angular disposition when it is y To this end the first counter carrier is mounted on an arm for angular adjustive moveinserted into the upper.

ment widthwise of the counter, and means herein illustrated as a detentis provided for holding the carrier in adjusted position relatively to the arm. The illustrated machine is provided with means operating automatically.

in the course of the machine cycle to determine the to the shape of the a further aspect thereof contemplates the,

angular disposition of thefirst counter carrier. In the I illustrated organization the adjustment of the carrier is in the plane of the insole-attaching flange of a molded counter mounted on the carrier. The angular adjustment of the carrier is effected by a novel shifter mechanism. Means is provided for causing the shifter to move in the samedirection in successive operations of the machine in order to provide for the operation of the machine on a case of shoes that are all left-foot shoes or all rightfoot shoes or alternatively for causing the shifter to move in opposite directions when operating on a case in which'the shoes are arranged in pairs. In order to adjust the shifter, if necessary, for the first shoe in the case to be operated upon a hand lever is provided for adjusting the shifting mechanism. The mechanism for operating the shifter includes a cam and a can-operated member herein illustrated as a rotor which is angularly adjustable to determine the direction of the movement of the shifter fro-m its rest position. The rotor is mounted on a lever which operates the shifter and the angular adjustment of the rotor determines whether the lever is moved to the left or to the right by the actuating mechanism. In order to provide for adjustment of the extent of movement of the shifter the cam which actuates the rotor is constructed and arranged for adjustment relatively thereto. In the illustrated machine two such cams are provided one for moving the rotor to the right and the other for moving the rotor to the left and the cams are adjustable toward and from each other to determine the extent of movement of the shifter and the cams are adjustable as a unit to determine the relative extent of the right and left movements. The illustrated machine is provided with automatic means for imparting angular movements to the rotor when the machine is operating on shoes arranged in pairs. In order to determine accurately the degree of angular movement of the rotor means is provided for arresting the rotor upon the completion of a predetermined angular movement thereof. After the rotor is thus arrested a locking member operates to hold the rotor against further movement.

These and other features of the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a machine embodying the features of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a right side elevation of the upper part of the machine illustrating particularly features of the counter immersing mechanism;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation illustrating particularly the counter immersing and transferring mechanisms;

Fig. 4 illustrates the counter transfer member with a counter mounted thereon;

Fig. 5 is a planview partly in section on the line V-V of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a right side. elevation of the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 5;

' Fig. 7 is an enlarged view of a lever partly shown in Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a right side elevation illustratinga portion of the second counter carrier and a portion of the first counter carrier near the end of its counter transferring movement;

Figs. 9 and 10 are detail views illustrating parts of the first counter carrier;

Fig. 11 is a rear elevation illustrating features of the mechanism for operating the first counter carrier;

'Fig. 12 is an enlarged plan view of mechanism shown in Fig. 11, partly in section, onthe line XI I-XII of Fig. 11;

Fig. 13 is a rear elevation illustrating part of the mechanism for operating the first counter carrier, partly in section, on the line XIII-XIII of Fig. 2;

Fig. 14 is a plan view illustrating parts of the mech anism for operating the first counter carrier;

Fig. 15 is a rear elevation of parts shown in Fig. 12, partly in section on the line XV--XV of Fig. 12, certain parts being broken away to per tit the showing of other parts;

Fig. 16 is a cam chart of the cement pan lifting and the counter transferring mechanisms;

Fig. 17 is a front elevation illustrating the mechanism for effecting angular adjustment of the first counter carner;

Fig. 18 is a left side elevation of the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 17;

Figs. 19 and 20 are plan views illustrating in two different positions certain mechanisms shown in Fig. 18;

Fig. 21 is a section taken on the line XXIXXI of Fig. 17;

Fig. 22 is a left side elevation illustrating certain features of the mechanism shown in Fig. 17;

Fig. 23 is a front view of parts shown in Fig. 22;

Fig. 24 is a detail view of parts shown in Fig. 23;

Fig. 25 is a detail view of mechanism partially illustrated in Fig. 23;

Fig. 26 is an enlarged view of parts shown in Fig. 23;

Fig. 27 is a plan view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 25;

Fig. 28 is a, plan view illustrating features of the mechanism shown in Fig. 17, partly in section, on the line XXVIIIXXVIII of Fig. 17;

Fig. 29 is a front elevation illustrating details of the mechanism shown in Figs. 17 and 18;

Fig. 30 is a plan view illustrating features of the mechanism shown in Fig. 29;

Fig. 31 is a section taken on the line XXXI-XXXI of Fig. 29;

Fig. 32 is a detail view illustrating parts shown in Fig.

2 9 as they appear in a later stage in the operation of the machine;

Fig. 33 is a detail view of parts illustrated in Fig. 29; Fig. 34 is a section taken on the line XXXIV-XXXIV of Fig. 33;

Fig. 35 is a detail view of a latch mechanism partly shown in Fig. 18;

Fig. 36 illustrates the latch mechanism shown in Fig. 35 looking from the left of said figure;

Fig. 37 is a detail view illustrating certain parts shown in Fig. 28; and

Fig. 38 illustrates one of the parts shown in Fig. 37 looking from the right of said figure.

The invention is herein illustrated in its application: to machines of the type disclosed in my Patent No. 2,740,138 hereinbefore referred to. Such machines are provided with means for causing a molded counter to be coated with adhesive, and are provided. also with mechanism for causing the transfer of the counter from the adhesive applying station to a second station in which the treated counter is loaded on a carrier which operates to insert the counter into a lined upper supported in the machine by grippers engaging opposite ends of the back line portion of the upper. Machines of this type are also provided with mechanism operating automatically to shape the heel end portion of the upper upon a last positioned therein and with means operating automatically to insert fastenings for securing the bottom marginal materials of the shoe upper together with the flange of the counter to an insole on the last, bottom.

Referring to Fig. 1, the illustrated machine is provided with a counter supporting and transferring member, hereinbefore referred to as the first counter carrier, which operates in the first instance to support a molded counter such, for example, as the counter 40 illustrated in Fig. 1 directly above and in adjacent relation to a pan 42 containing fluid adhesive to be applied tothe counter. Dur-, ing the first part of the machine cycle a clutch 43 (Fig. 12) is automaticallyactuated to initiate the operation of mechanism for elevating the pan 42 to cause the counter to be partially immersed in the adhesive and for fnoving the pan downwardly, after the immersion of the counter, into its position shown in Fig. 1 to permit the counter to drain until the latter part of the machine cycle when the counter supporting member is operated to transfer the counter to a member or carrier, here inbefore referred to as the second counter carrier, which operates to insert the counter into the supported upper. As shown in Fig. 1 the pan 42 is mounted in a receptacle 44. The pan has a rearward extension 46 having an upwardly extending bracket which supports an inverted bottle 48 from which fluid adhesive is fed through a suitable valve into a rearward extension or trough communicating with the pan. Referring to Figs. 2 and 3, the receptacle 44 is supported by two horizontal arms 50 pivotally mounted at their forward ends on headed screws extending through ears 52 projecting downwardly from the central portion of the receptacle and into a spacer 54 positioned between the ears. Referring to Fig. the rear portions of the arms 50 are bent inwardly and secured to a lever 56 which, as shown in Fig. 2, is pivotally mounted on a cross shaft 58 mounted in a rearward extension of the lower portion of a plate 60 secured to a collar 62 fixed to a post 64. The arms 50 form the lower portion of a parallel motion mechanism the upper portion of which is herein illustrated as an arm 66 which has a downwardly turned forward end portion pivotally connected to an ear 68 extending upwardly from the right side of the receptacle. At its rear end the arm 66 is fixed to a shaft 70 (Fig. 5). The shaft 70 is mounted to rotate in a bearing in a head 72 at the upper end of the plate 60. For imparting vertical movement to the receptacle 44 a cam 74 (Fig. 2) is fixed to a shaft 76 and arranged to engage a roll 78 at the lower end of a slide 80 mounted for vertical movement in a fixed bracket 82. Mounted on the slide 80 are forwardly extending ears 84 in which the lower end portion of an extensible link 86 is pivotally mounted. At its upper end the link 86 is pivotally connected to the lever 56 fixed to the cross shaft 58. The cam 74 is rotated 180 to complete the cycle of operating movement of the receptacle 44. Upon the completion of 180 of rotation the cam shaft 76 comesto rest and remains at rest until nearly the end of the main cycle of the machine when said shaft is again rotated 180 to cause the treated counter to be transferred to the second counter carrier which inserts the counter into the supported upper. During the counter transferring operation the cam 74 rotates idly without actuating the receptacle. The cam shaft 76 is operated by a driven spur gear 90 which is freely mounted on the cam shaft and operates through a pin type clutch mechanism 43 which in most respects is of known construction. Referring to Fig. 12, the illustrated clutch mechanism comprises a pin 02 which rotates with the cam shaft and is actuated by a spring 94 to force it into one of a plurality of sockets in the hub 96 of the spur gear 90. The pin 92 is carried by an arcuate cam member 98 which alternately engages pins 100 and 102 to retract the clutch pin 92 from the hub 96 and permit the cam shaft 76 to come to rest after 180 rotation. The pins 100 and 102 are carried by racks 104 and 106 respectively (Fig. 11), said racks being operatively connected by a pinion 108 to cause equal and opposite movement thereof. The pins 100 and 102 are retracted or moved away from the cam member 98 by a cam 110 in order to permit the spring 94 to advance the clutch pin 92 into a socket in the hub 96 thereby to initiate the cycle of the cam shaft 76. Referring to Fig. 11, the cam 110 is fixed to a cam shaft 112 and is arranged to engage a roll 114 at the forward end of an arm 116 mounted to swing on a fixed fulcrum 118. Pivotally mounted in the central portion of the arm 116 is a link 120 which connects said arm to an arm 122 fixed to a shaft 124. Also fixed to the shaft 124 is an arm 126' which extends upwardly from said shaft and has its free end positioned in a notch formed in a lever 128 pivotally mounted on a screw 130 fixed in the rack 104. The operation of the cam 110 causes rotation of the shaft 124 in a counterclockwise direction as seen in Fig. 11 thereby actuating the racks 104 and 106 to move the pins 100 and 102 outwardly away from the cam member 98. Upon the completion of the outward movement of the pins an arrester herein illustrated as an arm 132 (Fig. 2), mounted to swing on a fixed fulcrum 134, is moved downwardly by gravity into a notch in the upwardly extending end portion 136 of the rack 104 in order to hold the pins against return movement. At an early stage in the rotation of the shaft 76 a cam 138 fixed thereto and arranged to engage the end of an arm 140 (Fig. 11) formed integrally with the lever 128 swings the lever in a clockwise direction as seen in Fig. 11 thereby disengaging it from the upper end of the arm 126. The clockwise movement of the lever also operates to lift the arm 132 out of engagement with the upwardly extending end portion 136 of the rack 104 thus permitting the return of the pins 100 and 102 to their positions shown in Fig. 11 by a spring 142. To provide for upward movement of the arm 132 by the lever 128 said arm has a lug 144 projecting outwardly therefrom and carrying at its outer end a screw 146 which registers with the lever 128.

The cam 110 (Fig. 11) is operated just before the end of the main cycle of the machine to initiate the operation of the counter transferring mechanism. and is operated again at the beginning of the next succeeding cycle to initiate the operation of the mechanism which elevates the cement pan to effect the immersion of the counter and then lowers the cement pan to permit the counter to drain. Under certain circumstances it is desirable to operate the arm 122 manually in order to initiate the counter immersing cycle or the counter transferring cycle. To this end a long hand lever 148 (Fig. 2) is pivotally mounted on a fixed screw 150 and has its inwardly offset rear end portion arranged to engage the lower edge face of the arm 122. The lever 148 normally rests against a fixed angle bracket 152.

The illustrated counter transferring carrier comprises an arm 154 (Figs. 5 and 6) which has formed in its forward portion an oval counter supporting member 156 portions of which are removed to reduce its weight. A member 158 mounted in a shallow groove in the upper surface of the arm 154 and secured therein by a screw 160 is bifurcated at its forward portion to receive a gripper member 162 which is pivotally mounted on a pin 164 carried by the member 158. As shown in Fig. 8, the gripper member 162 is urged in a counterclockwise direction by a spring 166 to bring the edge of the gripper into engagement with the flange of a counter mounted on the supporting member 156. The spring 166 is fixed to the arm 154 and operates in a notch in a rearward extension 168 of the gripper member. The orientation of the counter relatively to the supporting member 156 is determined by the engagement of the inner surfaces of the counter wings with ears 170 (Fig. 5) fixed to and extending laterally from the counter supporting member 156. To provide for the mounting of the counter supporting assembly the member 158 has a rearwardly extension 172 which, as shown in Fig. 6, is mounted in a notch in the forward end portion of an arm 174 and is pivoted on a screw 176 extending through said notch. The arm 174 is mounted in a groove in a block 178 and secured therein by a screw 180 and said block is pivotally mounted on a bent rod 182 (Fig. 3) and held against movement endwise of said rod between collars 184 and 186. Formed integrally with the collar 184 is an arm 188 which extends upwardly and inwardly over the block 178 and-is arranged to engage an arm 190 fixed to said block. The counter supporting assembly is normally held in a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 6, by a spring 192 one end of which is anchored to the arm 188 and the other write a pin projecting later wise direction as seen in Fig. 3 to transfer the counter from its immersing station to a carrier 198 which inserts the counter into the heel end portion of a lined upper supported in the machine, this being the carrier hereinbefore referred to as the second counter carrier. During the latter part of the counter transferring movement the counter supporting assembly is swung downwardly to position the counter on the upper portion of the carrier 198 which, as shown in Fig. 8, is arranged in an inclined position. To this end the arm 190 carries a pin 200 which, as shown in Fig. 3, projects laterally to the right therefrom. During the latter part of the counter transferring movement the pin 200 engages an arm 292 mounted on a bracket 204 secured to a rail 266 by a screw 268 thus causing the counter supporting assembly to swing downwardly on the rod 182 to bring the counter into its position shown in Fig. 8. In this position the counter is arranged forwardly and downwardly from, and in proximity to, two clips 210 fixed to the upper portion of the counter carrier 198 and arranged to receive the flange of the counter. The shaft 196 is moved rearwardly to insert the flange of the counter between the clips 210 and feet 212 at the upper end of the counter carrier 198. After the flange of the counter comes to the limit of its movement rearwardly between the clips and the feet, the tail 214 of the gripper member 162 engages the forward end of an abutment member in the form of a bent plate 216 in the carrier 198 and continued movement of the counter supporting assembly rearwardly thereafter causes the gripper member to swing in a clockwise direction, as seen in Fig. 8, to disengage it from the flange of the counter. The plate 216 holds the gripper member out of counter flange engaging position until the counter supporting assembly is clear of the counter flange. Thereupon, the shaft 196 (Fig. 6) is rotated in a clockwise direction, as seen in Fig. 3, and simultaneously is moved forwardly to return the counter supporting assembly to its initial position.

For imparting rotary movement to the shaft 196 in order to transfer the counter from its immersing station to the counter carrier a cam 218 (Figs. 2 and is fixed to the cam shaft 76 and provided in its rear face with a groove which receives a roll 220 mounted at the lower end of a vertical slide 222 mounted in a guideway in a fixed member 224. At its upper end the slide has pivotally mounted thereon a pitman 226 (Fig. 11) the upper end of which is pivoted on a headed screw 228 in the rear face of a spur gear 230 freely mounted on a headed stud 232 mounted in a standard 234 projecting upwardly from the rear portion of the machine frame. The gear 239 meshes with a pinion 236 (Fig. 14) fixed to the shaft 196, said pinion being of sufficient length to maintain meshing engagement thereof with the spur gear 236 during the endwise movement of the shaft 196. In order to counterbalance the weight of the counter transferring assembly the shaft 196 has a rearward extension on which is clamped an arm 238 (Fig. 11) arranged to project laterally from said shaft in a direction opposite to the disposition of the rod 182 at the front end of the shaft. Mounted on said arm is a weight 240. For imparting forward and rearward sliding movements to the shaft 196 a cam 242 (Figs. 2 and 13) is fixed to the cam shaft 76 and is provided in its forward face with a groove in which is mounted a roll 244 pivotally mounted on a vertical slide 246 mounted in a guideway in the fixed bracket 82. At its upper end the. slide 246 carries a link 248 which is connected at its upper end to an arm'250 fixed to the right end portion of a rockshaft 252. Also secured to the shaft 252 is an arm 254 extending downwardly from said shaft and bifurcated at its lower end to embrace a collar 256 freely mounted on the shaft 196. The bifurcations of the arm 254 are notched to receive pins 258 projecting laterally in opposite directions from the collar 256. Said collar is held against movement longitudinally of the shaft 196 between two collars 260 and 261 fixed to the shaft 196 and engaging opposite faces of the collar 256. When the shaft 196 comes to the limit of its forward sliding movement a collar 262 fixed to the rear portion of said shaft engages the rear face of a standard 264 to hold the shaft .against further forward movement.

Commercial counters are usually made bilaterally symmetrical and consequently any counter may be incorporated in either a right or a left shoe. Inasmuch as the heel end portion of a last is never bilaterally symmetrical it will be understood that such counters never fit the last accurately. Ordinarily the fit of such counters on the heel portion of the last may be improved by a slight angular adjustment of the counter to vary the position of the counter wings widthwise of the last. In the illustrated machine such adjustment of the counter may be effected at the counter immersing station by an adjustment of the arm 154 (Fig. 6) in a horizontal plane. In adjusting a counter for insertion into a left shoe the arm 154 is swung in a clockwise direction as seen in Fig. 5, and conversely, if the counter is to be inserted into a right shoe the arm 154 is swung in a counterclockwise direction. For holding the arm 154 in adjusted position relatively to the arm 174 a detent 266 (Fig. 9) is arranged to engage any one of a series of grooves 268 (Fig. 10) formed in the arm 154. The detent is mounted in the arm 174, said arm being bored to receive the stem of the detent and counterbored to receive its head. The detent is oriented relatively to the grooves by mounting a pin 270 in the head of the detent and causing it to extend laterally through a vertical slot in the arm 174. The detent is backed up by a spring 272 which acts against a screw plug 274. Referring to Fig. 30 the arm 154 is adjusted by the operation of a lever 276 which is a part of a mechanism for automatically adjusting a pair of back line gripper jaws (not shown). The lever 276 carries at its forward end a forwardly extending pin 278 which extends into a bore in a head 280 which, as shown in Fig. 17, is swiveled at the upper end of an arm 282 pivotally mounted on a fixed plate 234 for angular movement with a horizontal arm 286. A link 288 connects the horizontal arm to a bell crank lever 290 which is connected by a link 292 to a bell crank lever 294 which in turn is connected by an extensible link 296 to a bell crank lever 298 (Fig. 3). Referring to Fig. 7, the bell crank lever 298 has pivotally mounted at its upper end a bifurcated head 300 which engages a pin 302 which, as shown in Fig. 6, projects rearwardly from the upwardly bent rear end portion of the arm 154. The head 300 is yieldingly held in its upright position, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, by a spring pressed ball latch 304 mounted in an enlarged downward extension 306 of the head 300 and arranged to engage a recess formed in the forwardly offset upper portion 308 of the bell crank lever 298. The magnitude of the angular movement of the arm 154 may be varied by adjusting the position of the head of they link 296 (Fig. 3) in a slot 310 in the horizontal arm of the bell crank lever 298. The link 296 is secured in adjusted position by tightening a knurled headed screw 312 carried at the upper end of the link. As shown in Fig. 5, the shank portion of the head of the screw 312 provides a pivotal mounting for the upper portion of the link 296. Before adjusting the head of the link in the slot 310 (Fig' 3) a knurled headed set screw 314 carried by the link is released to permit the link to lengthen or shorten as may be required by its adjustment in the slot 310. The set screw 314 is mounted in a tapped hole in a boss 316 at the lower end of a sleeve 318 which is pinned to the upper portion of the link 296 and slidably mounted on its lower portion. The adjustment of the arm 154 relatively to the arm 174 is measured by the relative movement of a scale 320 (Figs. and on the head 158 carried by the arm 154 and a pointer 322 fixed to the arm 174. When the machine is to handle counters that are made right and left and are fitted to the heel end of the shoe no angular adjustment of the arm 154 is required and consequently the head 360 of the bell crank lever 298 is swung rearwardly into its position shown in Fig. 2 in which it is out of engagement with the pin 302 and consequently will operate idly without alten'ng the position of the arm 154. In this situation the arm 154 is so located that the pointer 322 (Fig. 5) carried by the forward end of the arm 174 registers with the center of the scale inscribed on the head 158 on the arm 154. Referring to Fig. 17, a hand lever 324 is adjustable between two predetermined positions to set the mechanism for operating the arm 154 so that said arm alternates between left and right movement or remains stationary in successive operations of the machine. When the lever 324 is in its position shown in Fig. 17, the arm 154 is swung alternately right and left and when the lever 324 in its position opposite to that shown in Fig. 17, the arm 154 remains stationary. A pointer 326 indicates whether the mechanism for actuating the arm 154 is adjusted for operation on a left shoe or on a right shoe. The setting of theactuating mechanism may be reversed when the machine is at rest by the operation of a hand lever 328. Referring to Fig. 20, the pointer 326 moves through a slot 336 in a plate 338 secured to the left front leg 340 of the machine and registers alternately with the words Right and Left inscribed on the plate 338. .These inscriptions are applicable only when the machine is operating to insert counters into uppers in which the back line inclines upwardly toward the outside of the shoe. When it is desired to insert counters into uppers, the back lines of which incline upwardly to the inside of the shoe, a plate 342 hinged at the rear margin of the plate 338 is swung downwardly into its position shown in Fig. 19 covering the inscriptions on the plate 338. It will be seen that the swinging plate is provided with the same inscriptions as the plate 338 but in the reverse order. To facilitate the swinging movement of the plate 342 its hinged pin 344 has an extension 346 arranged at a right angle to its body portion. For actuating the arm 154 to adjust the angular disposition of a counter on the carrier a earn 348 (Fig. 17) is fixed to the forward end portion of a cam shaft 350 and constructed and arranged to operate on a roll 352 carried between parallel arms 354 and 356 projecting downwardly from a lever 358 pivotally mounted at 360 on the right front leg 340. The cam 348 also imparts angular movement to a lever 422 thereby to actuate a lever 438 which adjusts the back line gripper jaws. The free end portion of the arm 356 is connected by a link 362 to a slide 364 mounted for vertical movement in a guideway in the rear portion of a plate 366 secured to the left front leg 340 of the machine by screws 368. The slide 364 carries two vertical cam plates 370 and 372 (Fig. 25). The cam plate 370 projects upwardly from the left end portion of a slide 374 and the cam plate 372 projects upwardly from the central portion of a slide 376, said slides being arranged in contiguous relation vertically, as shown in Fig. 25. The slides 374 and 376 are mounted together in a shallow horizontal groove in a plate 378 (Fig. 22) secured to the back of the slide 364 by headed screws 380 and are retained in said groove by mechanism now to be described. Referring to Fig. 27, the slide 376 is vertically grooved to receive a disk 382 and the lower slide 374 is similarly grooved to receive a disk 384 (Fig. 25). The two disks are fixed to a. rocker am, 386

10 having a stem 388 fixed in its central. portion and projecting forwardly through mutually registering recesses 390 and 292 formed in the slides 374 and 376, respectively. The stem 388 has a hub 394 which is mounted for rotary movement in a bore in a plate 396 (Fig. 24), said plate being mounted in a horizontal groove 398 (Fig. 22) formed in the plate 378. The plate 396 is movable horizontally in order to adjust the cam plates 370 and 372 as a unit widthwise of the machine. The adjustive position of the plate 396 is indicated by the pointer 334 which is. secured by a clamping screw 400 to a boss mounted on the plate 396 and projecting forwardly through a slot 402 (Fig. 23) formed in an extension 404 of-the plate 378. The pointer 334 registers with a scale formed in the front face of the extension 404. The stem 388 projects forwardly through registering slots 406 (Fig. 23) formed in the plate 378 and the slide 364 and through the vertical slot 337 in the plate 366 and has its forward end portion threaded to receive the internally threaded hub 410 of a clamping member 412. As shown in Fig. 26, the forward portion of the stem 388 is slabbed off on three sides and has mounted thereon the pointer 330 which turns with the stem and serves as a lever for turning the stem to adjust the cam members 370 and 372 toward and from each other. A spacer 414 (Fig. 22) loosely mounted on the stem 388 and positioned between the slide 364 and the hub 410 provides the means against which the hub is clamped. When the clamping member 412 is tightened the pointer 330 is clamped between the hub 410 and the spacer 414, as shown in Fig. 22. Referring to Fig. 23, the cam plates 370 and 372 are offset to the left relatively to the slide 364 and the plate 378 is provided with the lateral extension 404 to permit the cam plates to be so positioned. Referring to Fig. 29, the cam plates 370 and 372 are beveled at the upper extremities of their respective inner edges for engagement with arotor 416. Referring to Fig. 18, the rotor is fixed to a shaft 418 mounted in bearings in a member 420 formed integrally with a lever 422 pivotally mounted on a headed screw 424 which, as shown in Fig. 21, is mounted in a bracket 426 secured to the front face of the plate 366 by headed screws 428. Slidably mounted in a bore in a boss 430 projecting downwardly from an enlarged forward portion 432 of the lever 422 is a sleeve 434 which carries at its upper end a ball-headed pin 436 (Fig. 17) which is universally mounted between the lower end portion of a lever 438 and a cap 440 secured thereto. The lever 422 is actuated by the engagement of one of the cam plates 370 and 372 with the rotor 416 thereby to actuate the lever 438. When the adjusting lever 324 is arranged in its position shown in Fig. 17, the rotor 416 rotates 60 in each cycle of the machine to cause alternating movement of the lever 438 which adjusts the back line grippers and also to cause alternating movement of the arm 154 which adjusts the first counter carrier. When the hand lever 324 is adjusted to the right from its position in Fig. 17, mechanism hereinafter described is made effective to prevent rotation of the rotor 416 and to cause the arm 154 to remain substantially stationary. Referring to Fig. 33, the rotor 416 is provided with three open ended recesses 442 spaced apart from each other and formed in the forward portion of the rotor, as seen in Fig. 33. Three like recesses 344 are spaced. 120 from each other and formed in the rear portion of the rotor, said recesses being spaced circumferentially of the rotor 60 from the adjacent recesses 442. Positioned opposite each of the six recesses and freely mounted in a socket in the beveled edge portion of the rotor 416 is a ball bearing 446 (Fig. 34) which is engaged by one or the other of the cam plates 370 and 372. When the rotor is in its position shown in Fig. 34, the cam plate 372 engages the ball bearing 446 illustrated in said figure, moving the rotor to the left and causing the lever 422 (Figs..29 and 30) to swing in a counterclockwise direc- 11 tion as seen in Fig. 30. During such movement of the rotor the cam plate 370 is positioned in alinement widthwise thereof with that recess 442 which is then located at the bottom of the rotor and which therefore provides clearance for lateral movement of the rotor to the left relatively to the cam plate 370. Referring to Fig. 30, the lever 422 is arranged in contiguous relation to the upper edge face of the plate 366 the rear surface of which has formed therein a recess 448 which provides clearance for both the rotary movement and the lateral movements of the rotor. When the hand lever 324 is in its position shown in Fig. 17, the rotor 416 is rotated 60 during the downward movement of the slide 364 by the operation of a pawl 450 (Fig. 31) pivotally mounted on a headed screw 452 carried by an arm 454 projecting rearwardly from the upper portion of the slide 364. In its rest position the pawl is arranged as shown in broken lines in Fig. 31, said position being determined by the engagement of a pin 456 projecting from the hub of the pawl 450 with a pin 458 mounted in the arm 454. The pawl is yieldingly held in this position by a spring 460 extending from the pawl to a pin 462 mounted in the slide 364. During the downward movement of the pawl 450 its free end engages a tooth 464 in a rotor 466 fixed to the rotor shaft 418 and rotates said shaft in a counterclockwise direction as seen in Fig. 31, coming to rest in its position shown in full lines in said figure. In order to prevent overthrow of the rotor 416 and in order to hold the rotor against rotation during the upward movement of the slide, a rotor 468 (Fig. 18) is fixed to the shaft 418 and provided with six teeth 470 spaced 60 apart from each other about the periphery of the rotor and arranged adjacent to six notches 472 and in advance thereof in the direction of rotation of the rotor. The operation of the pawl 450 rotates the shaft 418 in a counterclockwise direction, as seen in Fig. 18. Upon the completion of 60 of rotation of the shaft 418 one of the teeth 470 of the rotor 468 engages a detent, herein illustrated as a pin 474, and a spring 476 urges the pin downwardly into that notch 472 with which it then registers. The pin 474 is formed in the lower end portion of a vertically sliding rod 478 mounted in a bore in an upstanding boss 480 carried by the lever 422, and its reduced upper portion is slidably mounted in a bore in the horizontal portion of an angle plate 482 (Fig. 29') carried by said lever. The spring 476 surrounds the reduced upper portion of the pin and is confined between the bottom surface of the plate 482 and the upper surface of a tubular member 484 fixed to the pin 474. During the downward movement of the slide 364 a cam plate 486 (Fig. 29) fixed to the upper portion of the arm 454 engages the beveled face 488 of a tail member 490 at the right end of a sliding bar 492 and moves said bar to the left, as seen in Fig. 29, to retract the pin 474 upwardly from the rotor 468. To this end the left end portion of the slide 492 is bifurcated to engage opposite slabbed olf surfaces of the tubular member 484. Cam surfaces 494 at the left end of the slide 492 engage rolls at opposite sides of the tubular member 484, one of said rolls being identified in Fig. 29 by the numeral 496. Immediately after the cam plate 486 clears the right end of the slide 492 a spring 498 moves the slide 492 to the right as seen in Fig. 29, to permit the spring 476 i to move the pin 474 downwardly into engagement with the periphery of the rotor 468. By the time the pin engages the rotor the pawl 450 has engaged a tooth of the rotor and turned the rotor sufficiently to advance the uppermost tooth 470 of the rotor beyond the lower end of the pin. Consequently the rotor 468 will complete its 60 of movement and will come to rest with the then uppermost tooth 470 of the rotor 468 in engagement with the pin 4'74 and with the pin seated in the notch 472 adjacent to said tooth, as shown in Fig. 18. The bar 492 is slidably mounted for horizontal movement in a fixed standard 500. Referring to Fig. 32, the bar 492 comprises a body portion 502 mounted in a guideway in the standard 500 and the tail member 490 pivotally mounted on a pin 504 at the right end of the body portion 502. The tail portion is normally held in its position shown in Fig. 32, by a spring 506 which engages the upper surface of said tail portion. The normal position of the tail portion is determined by the engagement of its left end portion with an extension 508 of the body portion. During the upward or return movement of the cam plate 486 the upper surface of said plate engages the recessed lower portion of the tail piece 490 and swings the tail piece into its broken line position (shown in Fig. 32) coming to rest in its full line position shown in Fig. 29'. In this position it is clear of the tail portion 490 and the spring 506 returns the tail portion to its normal position.

When the hand lever 324 (Figs. 17 and 19) is moved to the right from its position shown in said figures to its position indicated by the inscription Repeat on the plate 338 the pawl 450 (Fig. 31) is deflected from the rotor 466 and consequently the rotor 416 remains stationary and the arm 154 which adjusts the counter carrier maintains the same angular position in each cycle of the machine. Referring to Figs. 29 and 31, the illustrated deflector is a vertical plate 510 fixed to a hub 512 which terminates in a shaft 514 pivotally mounted in the plate 366. Fixed to the shaft 514 is a short arm 516 which, as shown in Fig. 17, is connected to the lower end of the hand lever 324 by a link 518. When the hand lever 324 is in its position shown in Fig. 17, the deflector plate 510 is arranged in its full line position shown in Fig. 29. When the hand lever is shifted to the right the deflector plate is moved into its broken line position in Fig. 29 and a flange 520 at the upper end of said plate is positioned above the rotor 466 in order to deflect the pawl 450 away from the rotor 466 during its downward movement to cause the rotor 466 to remain stationary.

It sometimes happens that a shoe rack in which shoes are arranged in pairs will have one or more shoes which are out of order in the rack so that two right shoes or two left shoes appear in sequence. In this situation the hand lever 328 (Fig. 18) is operated while the machine is at rest to advance the rotor 416 (Fig. 30) 60. Thus it will be seen that the automatic operation of the rotor in the next succeeding cycle of the machine will cause the counter carrying arm 154 to be arranged in the same angular position for the counter transferring operation in two successive cycles of the machine. It will also be understood that thereafter the counter carrying arm 154 will resume its alternating movement in accordance with the setting of the lever 324. Referring to Fig. 35, the operation of the hand lever 328 advances two pawls 522 and 524 to rotate the rotor 416 60 in a clockwise direction as seen in Fig. 35. The pawls 522 and 524 are arranged in contiguous relation to each other, as shown in Fig. 36, in the bifurcated rear end portion of a plate 526 and are pivotally mounted on a pin 528 (Fig. 35) mounted in said plate. The free end portions of the pawls are offset to the right as seen in Fig. 36 for engagement with the walls of the recesses 442 and 444 formed in the rotor 416. Referring to Fig. 29, the plate 526 is grooved in its opposite sides for sliding engagement with tongues formed in gibs 530 fixed to a plate 532 which is fixed to a shelf 534 (Fig. 30) by screws 536, said shelf being the upper surface of an upward extension 538 of the lever 422 (Fig. 18). The hand lever 328 is pivotally mounted on a headed screw 540 (Fig. 17) mounted in an car 542 projecting forwardly from a bracket 544 fixed to the plate and to the table 546. At its lower end the hand lever 328 has fixed thereto and extending laterally to the right therefrom, as seen in Fig. 17, a member 548 which is bored to receivethe stern of a member 550, said stem being mounted to swivel in the member 548 and being held against longitudinal movement therein by a pin 552 mounted in the member 548 and registered with a circumferential groove in the stem. The member 550 is bifurcated for sliding engagement with a pin 554 projecting upwardly from the plate 526 (Fig. 18). For returning the pawl assembly and the hand lever 328 to their rest positions, shown in Fig. 18, a torsion spring 556 is mounted on a headed screw 558 fixed to an extension 560 (Fig. 28) of the plate 532 and has its forward leg arranged to engage a headed screw 562 on the plate 526 and its rear leg'arranged to engage the standard 500. In order to permit rotation of the rotor 416 by the hand lever 328 said lever is provided with means for retracting the locking pin 474 (Fig. 18) upwardly out of contact with the rotor 468. Referring to Figs. 37 and 38, the lever 328 carries an ear 564 which has fixed therein a headed pin 566 on which is pivotally mounted a dog 568 having a beveled end face constructed and arranged to engage the beveled end portion 570 of a lever 572 pivotally mounted on a headed screw 574 fixed in an extension 576 of the standard 500. The lever 572 is swung in a counterclockwise direction as seen in Fig. 37, by the operation of the hand lever 328 thus causing the rear end portion of the lever 572 to engage an ear 578 formed in the body portion 502 of the slide 492 (Fig. 32) thereby to move the slide 492 to the left as seen in Fig. 29. The left end of the slide engages the rolls 496 and retracts the pin 474 from the rotor 468, as hereinabove described. During the return movement of the hand lever 328 by the torsion spring 556 a 'beveled face 580 (Fig. 38) formed in the under side of the dog 568, engages a complemental beveled surface of the end portion 5700f the lever 572 thus deflecting the dog upwardly to permit it to travel by the end portion of the lever 572. The pawls 522 and 524 have a lost motion relatively to the rotor 416 at the beginning of the operative movement of the hand lever 328 sufficient to permit said lever to operate the lever 572 to retract the locking pin 474, as above described, before the pawls begin to turn the rotor 416. During their period of lost motion the pawls move from their full line position in Fig. 35 to their broken line position shown in said figure. In their respective broken line positions the pawl 522 is in engagement with the wall of the recess 444 of the rotor 416 and the pawl 524 is in engagement with the wall of the recess 442. The pawl 522 is supported in its retracted position shown in full lines in Fig. 35 by the rear edge of the plate 532 while the pawl 524 is supported by its engagement with said plate at the base of an open ended slot 582 formed therein. During its operating movement the pawl 522 swings downwardly by gravity while the pawl 524 is swung downwardly by a flat spring 584 fixed to the sliding plate 526 and arranged to engage an upwardly inclined finger 586 in the pawl 524.

The position of the indicator 326 (Fig. 17) is determined by the operation of the lever 276 (Fig. 30). Said lever is pivotally mounted on a headed screw 590 fixed in the lever 422 and is urged in a clockwise direction as seen in Fig. 30 by a spring 592. At its rear end the lever 276 has a finger 594 bending to the right and engaging the left side of the rotor 416 at a point adjacent to the periphery of the rotor when the rotor is in its position shown in Fig. 30. When the rotor 416 is advanced from its position shown in Fig. 30, the next recess 442 comes into registration with the finger 594 and the spring 592 swings the lever 588 in a clockwise direction into a position determined by the engagement of the finger with the base of the recess. During the next operation of the rotor the Wall of the recess 442, in which the finger is located, exerts a cam action on the finger in a counterclockwise direction into its position shown in Fig. 30. The lever 276 is connected to the pointer 326 by a link 598 connecting the lever 276 to a short lever 600 (Fig. 28) pivotally mounted on a headed screw 602 and left shoes.

14 fixed to a bracket 604 mounted on the bracket 544. At its rear end the lever 600 has mounted therein a pin 606 which engages the bifurcated head of a pin 608 mounted for swiveling movement in a head 610 (Fig. 17) at the lower end of the pointer 326.

The sequence of the various operations in the cycle of the counter immersing and counter transferring mechanisms is illustrated diagrammatically in a cam chart identified as Fig. 16. Referring to Fig. 11, the cycle of operations is initiated automatically by the cam which actuates the clutch mechanism 43. During the first of rotation of the shaft 76 the pan 42 (Fig. l) is elevated to cause the counter 40 to be partially coated with adhesive and then to cause the pan to move downwardly to a rest position which it occupies during the greater part of the main cycle of the machine thus permitting excess fluid to drain from the counter into the pan before the counter transfer carrier is operated to transfer the counter from its immersing station to the station in which it is loaded on the second carrier. The downward movement of the pan is completed at the end of 180 of rotation of the shaft 76 whereupon the cam 138 (Fig. 11) actuates the lever 128 to cause the rotation of the shaft 76 to be arrested. The shaft 76 remains at rest until the latter part of the main cycle of the machine when the cam 110 again operates the clutch 43. During the second half of the cycle the cam 218 rotates the shaft 196 first in a counterclockwise direction, as seen in Fig. 3, to transfer the counter from its immersion station to its loading station and thereafter in a clockwise direction to return the empty carrier to its rest position. During the latter part of the counterclockwise rotation of the shaft 196 the cam 242 causes endwise movement of the shaft 196 rearwardly of the machine to cause the counter to be mounted on the second carrier 198. Upon the completion of the rearward movement of the shaft 196 the cam 242 immediately operates in the reverse direction to cause endwise movement of the shaft 196 forwardly to its initial position and upon the completion of the forward movement of the shaft 196 the cam 218 operates as above described to effect clockwise rotation of the shaft 196 in order to return the carrier to its rest position. During the in terval between the counter immersing operation and the counter transferring operation mechanism heretofore described adjusts the angular position of the counter. The angular position of the counter is actually changed only when the machine is set for operating alternately on right Otherwise the adjusting mechanism operates idly, so far as the counter is concerned, without changing the angular position thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a shoe machine, a counter carrier constructed and arranged to transfer a counter from a first station to a second station, a vessel, a holder for the vessel, means for moving the holder upwardly to cause the immersion in fluid in the vessel of the counter mounted on the carrier and located in the first station, a cam shaft, a first cam on said shaft for moving the holder upwardly into counter immersing position and downwardly to its initial position, a second cam on said shaft, and connections from said second cam for moving the counter carrier from the first station to the second station.

2. In a shoe machine, a counter carrier constructed and arranged to transfer a counter from a first station .to a second station, a vessel, a holder for the vessel, means for moving the holder upwardly to cause the immersion in fluid in the vessel of the counter mounted on the carrier and located in the first station, a cam shaft, 21 first cam on said shaft for moving the holder upwardly into counter. immersing position and downwardly to its initial position, a second cam on said shaft, and connections from said second cam for moving the counter carrier from the first station to the second station, said cams as sane;

being so constructed and so arranged on the shaft relatively to each other that the operation of the first cam is completed before the operation of the second cam commences.

3. In a shoe machine, a counter carrier constructed and arranged to transfer a counter from a first station to a second station, a vessel, a holder for the vessel, means for moving the holder upwardly to cause the immersion in fluid in the vessel of the counter mounted on the carrier and located in the first station, a cam shaft, a first cam on said shaft for moving the holder upwardly into counter immersing position and downwardly to its initial position, a second cam on said shaft, connections from said second cam for moving the counter carrier from the first station to the second station, said cams being so constructed and so arranged on the shaft relatively to each other that the operation of the first cam is completed before the operation of the second cam commences, a source of power, and starting and stopping mechanism interposed between the source of power and the shaft constructed and arranged to stop the rotation of the shaft after the completion of the operation of the first cam and before the beginning of the operation of the second cam.

4. In a shoe machine, a counter carrier, means for immersing a counter on the carrier in fluid, means for actuating the carrier to transfer the counter from the immersing station to a second station, a first power operated means for actuating the immersing means, a second power operated means for actuating the transferring means, means for starting and stopping the first power operated means, and means operating after the first power operated means has stopped to start the second power operated means.

5. In a shoe machine, a counter carrier, means for immersing a counter on the carrier in fluid, means for actuating the carrier to transfer the counter from the immersing station to a second station, a first power operated means for actuating the immersing means, a second power operated means for actuating the transferring means, a source of power, a clutch for connecting the source of power to the first power operated means and the second power operated means, and means for actuating the clutch to connect the source of power to the first power operated means and for operating the clutch a second time to connect the source of power to the second power operated means.

6. In a shoe machine, a counter carrier, means for immersing a counter on the carrier in fluid, means for actuating the carrier to transfer the counter from the immersing station to a second station, a first power operated means for actuating the immersing means, a second power operated means for actuating the transferring means, a source of power, a clutch for connecting the source of power to the first power operated means and the second power operated means, manually operated means for actuating the clutch to connect the source of power to the first power operated means and for operating the clutch a second time to connect the source of power to the second power operated means, and automatic means for operating the clutch.

7. In a shoe machine, a carrier for transferring a flanged counter from one station to another station in the machine, said carrier including a member constructed and arranged to engage a portion of the flange of the counter, ears extending in opposite directions from said member for engagement with the flange of the counter adjacent to the ends of the counter wings, and a gripper constructed and arranged to grip the flange of the counter against said member.

8. In a shoe machine, a counter carrier, an arm on which said carrier is mounted, a member on which the arm is mounted for angular movement to move a counter on the carrier generally heighthwise thereof, means for imparting counter transferring movement to said member, means for determining one position of the arm relatively to the member, a shaft on which the member is mounted, means for rotating the shaft to transfer a counter on the carrier from a first station to a second station, and means operating during the rotary movement of the shaft to cause angular movement of the arm relatively to the member.

9. In a shoe machine, a counter carrier, an arm on which the counter carrier is mounted for adjustive movement generally widthwise of the counter, and a detent for holding the carrier in adjusted position relatively to the arm.

10. In a shoe machine, a counter carrier, an arm on which the counter carrier is mounted for adjustive movement generally widthwise of the counter, a detent for holding the carrier in adjusted position relatively to the arm, and automatic means for effecting such adjustment of the counter carrier.

11. In a shoe machine, a counter carrier, an arm on which the carrier is mounted for adjustive movement generally widthwise of a counter on the carrier, a member on which the arm is mounted, and means for actuating the member to transfer the counter from a first station to a second station.

12. In a shoe machine, a carrier for a flanged counter, an arm on which the carrier is pivotally mounted for angular adjustment in the plane of the flange of a counter mounted in the carrier, automatic means for effecting such adjustment of the carrier, a member on which the arm is mounted, and means for actuating the member to transfer the counter from a first station to a second station.

13. In a shoe machine, a counter carrier, an arm on which the counter carrier is mounted for adjustive movement generally widthwise-of the counter on the carrier and means for indicating the adjustment of the carrier relatively to the arm.

14. In a shoe machine, a counter carrier, an arm on which the counter carrier is mounted for adjustive movement generally widthwise of the counter on the carrier, means for indicating the adjustment of the carrier relatively to the arm, and a detent for holding the carrier in its adjustive position relatively to the arm.

15. In a shoe machine, a carrier constructed and arranged to receive a dry counter, a vessel for fluid cement, an elevator for the vessel, power activated means for moving the elevator upwardly to cause immersion of the supported counter in the cement and for moving the elevator downwardly to permit the counter to drain, power activated means for actuating the carrier to transfer the cement treated counter to a loading station preparatory to its advancement into a supported shoe, a clutch for connecting both the elevator operating mechanism and the carrier operating mechanism to a source of power, and automatic means for operating the clutch to cause the elevator to operate and for operating the clutch a second time to effect the operation of the carrier.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 928,172 Bernardin July 13, 1909 1,064,235 McCan June 10, 1923 1,585,880 Schnell May 25, 1926 1,710,727 Erickson Apr. 30, 1929 1,766,574 Westin et al. June 24, 1930 2,242,251 Lancaster May 20, 1941 2,449,648 Flaws Sept. 21, 1948 

